Believe and Behave

"This new sense of behave is way more fun. Even with good music and the liveliest sermons, who wants to trade a powder day [skiing] for sitting inside? Instead, how about laughter with friends while helping someone? Door two, please.

"This new sense of behave fits with the ancient calling the church has to serve. One of the first things the early church did, right after Jesus died, was to arrange to pass out food to widows and orphans. Very soon, that role of server or 'Deacon' became a formal position of more general service. Early deacons started the first hospitals. Early deacons helped migrants find their way in new cities. And eventually Deacons cared for anyone who was in need. -- Hansen Wendlandt Nederland Community Presbyterian Church, Christianity's new sense of 'Believe' and 'Behave'." -- Hansen Wendlandt, Nederland Community Presbyterian Church, quoted in The Mountain-Ear Online, 4 March, 2014 [1]

See Also

• Faith and Works
• Morality